Mass layoffs by industry, February 2006

March 23, 2006

The manufacturing sector—with 24,892 initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs (not seasonally adjusted)—accounted for 37 percent of all initial claims filed in February 2006. A year earlier, manufacturing comprised 33 percent of initial claims.

These data are from the Mass Layoff Statistics program. To learn more, see Mass Layoffs in February 2006 (PDF) (TXT), news release 06-512. Mass layoffs data for February 2006 are preliminary and subject to revision.